Why did my most recent photos disappear after hard restart?

I took photos with my iPhone yesterday in an area with little cell service, and then went back to my home screen without looking at them. A couple minutes later I held the power and home button down for 30 seconds, giving my phone a hard reboot. When I went back to look at the seven or eight photos moments later, none of them were there. However, in the preview screen on the bottom left, it showed one of them.
Any idea why this would happen? Anyone know a way to get them back, it would be really, really nice.
As you can see, the photo shows up in the preview, but is nowhere to be found anywhere else.

mpolitz,
It was the most bizare thing I've experienced with my iPhone. About a month later, they just appeared back in my camera roll. Here's what I've come to a conclusion with:
1. When I took the photos I barely had service, then did a hard restart before I had consistant 4G service. (AT&T)
2. I plugged my phone in to my computer, hoping to find them, looked through my photo steam, hoping to find them, nothing.
3. I rebooted my phone, the camera app, the photos app, each several times, nothing.
4. One day, about a month later, I gave my phone a hard reboot. Suddenly, they were all there. I tried to figure out what about that hard rebooot could have had an effect, and I really have no clue. It wasn't at the same place as I took the photos, I was at work when I rebooted it, on WiFi.
Hope that helps. Really, I have no idea.
-xyzoptics

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