What is the "recovered photos" file for?

I was just going through my "pictures" file, and came across a file called "recovered photo's" that's roughly 5GB in size.....spot checking it showed that identical photo's were in iphoto...but naturally i didn't check every one. Does anyone know what this folder is for?? Is it safe to delete?
Thanks!

John:
By "pictures" file what do you mean? Are you referring to the Pictures folder or your iPhoto library? Same question for the "recovered photo's". Is that a folder you're referring to and where exactly is it located?
Often those are photos that were deleted or though to be delete and were placed in the recovered folder/roll in a rebuild or update because iPhoto had lost it's link to the roll it belonged in. You should not delete it from the Finder but you can from iPhoto. If they are in the library they will be in a roll titled the same as the folder in the iPhoto Library folder.

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