Photos: Scotland independence vote

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond concedes defeat in the independence referendum.  (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)

Pro-union supporters celebrate as Scottish independence referendum results are announced at a “Better Together” event in Glasgow.  (Andy Buchanan / AFP/Getty Images)

‘Better Together’ supporters celebrate the result of the Scottish referendum at Ingleston Hall in Edinburgh.   (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

An independence supporter bears news of his side’s referendum defeat in George Square in Glasgow, Scotland.   (Andy Buchanan / AFP/Getty Images)

Independence supporters react as results of the Scottish referendum are announced in Edinburgh.   (Lesley Martin / AFP/Getty Images)

Independence supporters rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh after polls close in the historic referendum.   (Lesley Martin / AFP/Getty Images)

Union supporters burn flares in Glasgow’s George Square after polls closed in the Scottish independence referendum.   (Mark Runnacle / Getty Images)

“Yes” supporters are in a festive mood in Glasgow’s George Square as Scotland awaited the results of the referendum on independence.   (Mark Runnacles / Getty Images)

Piper Ryan Randall leads a pro-Scottish independence rally outside Edinburgh.  (Lesley Martin / AFP/Getty Images)

A woman leaves a polling station after casting her vote in Scotland’s independence referendum in Edinburgh.   (Leon Neal / AFP/Getty Images)

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond poses for photographs with a pro-independence campaigner in Turriff as polls opened Sept. 18. in the referendum on whether to secede from Britain.   (Scott Heppell / Associated Press)

“Yes” voters Duncan Thomson, right, and Les Robertson embrace after casting their ballots in Scotland’s independence referendum at St. Martins Church hall in Renton.   (Mark Runnacles / Getty Images)

A woman leaves a polling station after casting her vote in Edinburgh, Scotland.   (Leon Neal / AFP/Getty Images)

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits a polling station at the North Queensferry Community Center during Scotland’s independence referendum on Sept. 18.

Duncan Thomson, Brian McCutcheon, John Patterson and Arthur Murdoch from King of Scots Robert the Bruce Society wave Scottish flags in Loch Lomond as the vote in the Scottish independence referendum nears.   (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

Pro-union demonstrators rally in Glasgow’s George Square on the final day of campaigning in the Scottish referendum.   (Mark Runnacles / Getty Images)

Demonstrators supporting a “no” vote gather in Glasgow’s George Square ahead of the referendum on Scottish indepence.   (Mark Runnacles / Getty Images)

Independence supporters gather outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on the eve of the historic vote.   (Lesley Martin / AFP Getty Images )

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond addresses independence supporters in Perth, Scotland.  (Andy Rain / EPA)

Unionist demonstrators congregate in Glasgow’s George Square.  (Mark Runnacles / Getty Images)

“Yes” activists gather in George Square in Glasgow on the final day of campaigning for the vote on Scottish independence.   (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

Former British Finance Minister Alistair Darling delivers a speech at a “No” campaign event in Glasgow.  (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)

Ballot boxes are carried out of New Parliament House in Edinburgh, Scotland, for delivery to the city’s 145 polling places.  (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)

A statue of Scottish King Robert the Bruce looks out over a misty morning in Stirling, Scotland.  (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

A stone monument on the border between England and Scotland, near the town of Berwick-Upon-Tweed.   (Lesley Martin / AFP/Getty Images)

“Yes” activists gather in George Square in Glasgow.  (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

A “Yes” campaign Statue of Liberty on display in Niddrie, a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland.   (David Cheskin / Associated Press)

Bob Geldof speaks at a pro-union campaign event in Trafalgar Square in London.   (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)