In pictures: Scots head to the polls to determine their future
A ballot paper is pictured at a polling station before the start of voting in Edinburgh.LEON NEAL/AFP / Getty Images
A woman leaves a polling station after casting her vote in Edinburgh.LEON NEAL/AFP / Getty Images
Pro-Scottish independence campaigner Cherise Huth poses with her "Yes" sign and stickers.LESLEY MARTIN/AFP / Getty Images
Piper Ryan Randall leads a pro-Scottish independence rally in the suburbs of Edinburgh.LESLEY MARTIN/AFP / Getty Images
A dog wearing a pro-independence "Yes" bandana is walked on a street in Glasgow.IAN MACNICOL/AFP / Getty Images
A sign appears next to the road on the English/Scottish border at Gretna as the people of Scotland head to the polls.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Yes voter Duncan Thomson stands outside St Martins Church hall polling station after casting his vote.Mark Runnacles/Getty Images
Yes and No supporters react to motorists passing the Church Hill Theatre polling place in Morningside.Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Former Gordon Highlander, Jock Robertson, aged 81, who said 'I have waited all my life for this vote' pauses at Peebles polling station after voting.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A Yes campaigner in a kilt waits to meet First Minister Alex Salmond.Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
Graffiti supporting the "Yes" campaign is painted on a road in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides.CATHAL MCNAUGHTON/Reuters
A supporter of the 'Yes' campaign stands outside a polling station.DYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters