The Mercury Revolution

The Universe barely noticed as, on the outer rim of one of its least important galaxies, one of it's myriad occupants hurtled through the atmosphere of a small blue-green planet.
It turned it's full attention to more important matters, ignoring the blazing atmospheric trail and the following watery impact.
The Universe might have considered this event insignificant, but some of the residents of a small island in the planet's tropics did not.

The Skywhales were back. And one of them had just landed...