Time Machine Backup of iPhoto Library 5 gigabytes smaller!?!?

Thankfully I've not yet had to rely on my time machine backup. I just delved into the "latest" folder within my backup and find that my iphoto library is 5 gigabytes less in there than on my HD.
Shouldn't the latest folder be the...ya know....latest? How is it shaving 5gig off the library size?
I've pulled that library out of the backup to my HD and opened it. Nothing appears to be missing but it is reporting 5gig less. I'm freaked out and about to not use Time Machine as my backup.
Anyone know what's going on here?
Cheers,
John

I think that helps...let me be a bit more specific.
I'm using a USB 2.0 HD attached directly to my Mac. I've backed up my iMac to this drive using time machine.
I was planning on wiping the machine and thought I'd just check that my 5 years of photos are backedup properly. Rather than opening TM I navigated via the finder to my backup drive and opened the "latest" folder and the dug down through the file structure to my iphoto library. It was here that I noticed the filesize to be 5 gig less.
I thought perhaps it was misreading it and dragged the iphoto library from the USB HD copying it to my desktop. It consistently reads 5gig less, than my regular iPhoto Library.
Opening the two libraries in iTunes they appear the same....of course I haven't paged through all 16,000 some odd photos....
Is this what you understood me to be saying, Barry?
Cheers!
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