using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace AtCoder
{
    partial class Program
    {
        static long mod = 1000000007;
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.SetOut(new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false });
            Solve();
            Console.Out.Flush();
            Console.ReadKey();
        }

        //ここから
        static void Solve()
        {
            int H;int W;
            Multi(out H, out W);
            var S = GetCharJaggedArray(H);

            var dist = Enumerable.Repeat(-1,H * W).ToArray();
            var next = new Queue<int>();
            for(int i = 0; i < H * W; i++)
            {
                if (S[i / W][i % W] == '#')
                {
                    dist[i] = 0;
                    next.Enqueue(i);
                }
            }
            var dx = new int[] { 1, 0, -1, 0 };
            var dy = new int[] { 0, 1, 0, -1 };
            while (next.Count > 0)
            {
                var n = next.Dequeue();
                var x = n % W;
                var y = n / W;
                for(int v = 0; v < 4; v++)
                {
                    var ny = y + dy[v];
                    var nx = x + dx[v];
                    if (ny < 0 || H <= ny || nx < 0 || W <= nx) continue;
                    var pos = ny * W + nx;
                    if (dist[pos] == -1)
                    {
                        dist[pos] = dist[n] + 1;
                        next.Enqueue(pos);
                    }
                }
            }

            var ans = dist.Max();
            Console.WriteLine(ans);
        }

    }


    //拡張メソッド
    public static class Ex
    {
        public static List<string> FastSort(this List<string> s) { s.Sort(StringComparer.Ordinal); return s.ToList(); }
        public static string yesno(this bool b) { return b ? "yes" : "no"; }
        public static string YesNo(this bool b) { return b ? "Yes" : "No"; }
        public static string YESNO(this bool b) { return b ? "YES" : "NO"; }
    }

    partial class Program
    {
        static public string GetStr() { return Console.ReadLine().Trim(); }
        static public char GetChar() { return Console.ReadLine().Trim()[0]; }
        static public int GetInt() { return int.Parse(Console.ReadLine().Trim()); }
        static public long GetLong() { return long.Parse(Console.ReadLine().Trim()); }
        static public double GetDouble() { return double.Parse(Console.ReadLine().Trim()); }
        static public string[] GetStrArray() { return Console.ReadLine().Trim().Split(' '); }
        static public int[] GetIntArray() { return Console.ReadLine().Trim().Split(' ').Select(int.Parse).ToArray(); }
        static public long[] GetLongArray() { return Console.ReadLine().Trim().Split(' ').Select(long.Parse).ToArray(); }
        static public char[] GetCharArray() { return Console.ReadLine().Trim().Split(' ').Select(char.Parse).ToArray(); }
        static public double[] GetDoubleArray() { return Console.ReadLine().Trim().Split(' ').Select(double.Parse).ToArray(); }
        static public T[][] CreateJaggedArray<T>(int H, int W, T value) { return Enumerable.Repeat(0, H).Select(s => Enumerable.Repeat(value, W).ToArray()).ToArray(); }
        static public int[][] GetIntJaggedArray(int N) { return Enumerable.Repeat(0, N).Select(s => GetIntArray().ToArray()).ToArray(); }
        static public long[][] GetLongJaggedArray(int N) { return Enumerable.Repeat(0, N).Select(s => GetLongArray().ToArray()).ToArray(); }
        static public char[][] GetCharJaggedArray(int N) { return Enumerable.Repeat(0, N).Select(s => GetStr().ToCharArray()).ToArray(); }
        static public double[][] GetDoubleJaggedArray(int N) { return Enumerable.Repeat(0, N).Select(s => GetDoubleArray()).ToArray(); }


        static public void WriteObjects<T>(IReadOnlyCollection<T> values) { var array = values.ToArray(); var num = array.Length; if (num == 0) return; Console.Write(array[0]); for (int i = 1; i < num; i++) { Console.Write(" " + array[i]); } Console.WriteLine(); }

        static bool eq<T, U>() => typeof(T).Equals(typeof(U));
        static T ct<T, U>(U a) => (T)Convert.ChangeType(a, typeof(T));
        static T cv<T>(string s) => eq<T, int>() ? ct<T, int>(int.Parse(s))
                           : eq<T, long>() ? ct<T, long>(long.Parse(s))
                           : eq<T, double>() ? ct<T, double>(double.Parse(s))
                           : eq<T, char>() ? ct<T, char>(s[0])
                                             : ct<T, string>(s);
        static void Multi<T>(out T a) => a = cv<T>(GetStr());
        static void Multi<T, U>(out T a, out U b)
        {
            var ar = GetStrArray(); a = cv<T>(ar[0]); b = cv<U>(ar[1]);
        }
        static void Multi<T, U, V>(out T a, out U b, out V c)
        {
            var ar = GetStrArray(); a = cv<T>(ar[0]); b = cv<U>(ar[1]); c = cv<V>(ar[2]);
        }
        static void Multi<T, U, V, W>(out T a, out U b, out V c, out W d)
        {
            var ar = GetStrArray(); a = cv<T>(ar[0]); b = cv<U>(ar[1]); c = cv<V>(ar[2]); d = cv<W>(ar[3]);
        }
        static void Multi<T, U, V, W, X>(out T a, out U b, out V c, out W d, out X e)
        {
            var ar = GetStrArray(); a = cv<T>(ar[0]); b = cv<U>(ar[1]); c = cv<V>(ar[2]); d = cv<W>(ar[3]); e = cv<X>(ar[4]);
        }
        static void Multi<T, U, V, W, X, Y>(out T a, out U b, out V c, out W d, out X e, out Y f)
        {
            var ar = GetStrArray(); a = cv<T>(ar[0]); b = cv<U>(ar[1]); c = cv<V>(ar[2]); d = cv<W>(ar[3]); e = cv<X>(ar[4]); f = cv<Y>(ar[5]);
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 33756