By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent
Scottish people have started voting in a referendum that will change Britain forever, whatever the outcome.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond was pictured outside Ritchie Hall polling station in Strichen, Aberdeenshire, after polls opened this morning.
Gordon Brown outside a polling station in Fife Meanwhile, former PM Gordon Brown was photographed with No campaigners outside the polling station at North Queensferry Community Centre, Fife.
Elsewhere, long queues began to form outside polling stations across the country.
A Yes vote at the end of a hard-fought campaign will bring an end to the Union of the United Kingdom that has stood for 307 years.
Voters will be asked a simple question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"
Alex Salmond outside a polling station in Aberdeenshire Four million people will take part in the referendum which is expected to produce a turnout as high as 90%.
More than 2,600 schools, sports centres and local halls have opened their doors to voters.
After the polls close at 10pm tonight, counting of the votes takes place at 32 regional centres all over Scotland and then once each result is in, the numbers will be sent to the main counting centre in Edinburgh.
The earliest declarations, at around 2am on Friday, will include North Lanarkshire, Orkney, East Lothian and Perth and Kinross.
The latest, at 6am, is expected to be Aberdeen. Dundee is expected at 3am and Edinburgh and Glasgow at 5am.
:: Watch live: Scottish referendum coverage from 9pm on Sky News Sky 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202, Freeview 132.
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