#include <cassert>

#include <cctype>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cfloat>
#include <ciso646>
#include <climits>
#include <clocale>
#include <cmath>
#include <csetjmp>
#include <csignal>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <ccomplex>
#include <cfenv>
#include <cinttypes>
#include <cstdbool>
#include <cstdint>
#include <ctgmath>
#include <cwchar>
#include <cwctype>

// C++
#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <complex>
#include <deque>
#include <exception>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ios>
#include <iosfwd>
#include <iostream>
#include <istream>
#include <iterator>
#include <limits>
#include <list>
#include <locale>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <new>
#include <numeric>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <utility>
#include <valarray>
#include <vector>
#include <array>
#include <atomic>
#include <chrono>
#include <condition_variable>
#include <forward_list>
#include <future>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <mutex>
#include <random>
#include <ratio>
#include <regex>
#include <scoped_allocator>
#include <system_error>
#include <thread>
#include <tuple>
#include <typeindex>
#include <type_traits>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
//#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
//#include <boost/range/algorithm.hpp>
#define rep(i,j,k) for(int i=(int)j;i<(int)k;i++)
#define ll long long
#define Sort(v) sort(all(v))
#define INF 1e9
#define LINF 1e18
#define END return 0
#define pb push_back
#define se second
#define fi first
#define pb push_back
#define all(v) (v).begin() , (v).end()
#define MP make_pair
#define int long long
using namespace std;
int day[12]={31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31};
// int dx[]={0,1,0,-1};
// int dy[]={1,0,-1,0};
struct edge{int to,cost;};
//typedef pair<int,int> P;

const long long MOD=1000000007LL;
bool isupper(char c){if('A'<=c&&c<='Z')return 1;return 0;}
bool islower(char c){if('a'<=c&&c<='z')return 1;return 0;}
bool isPrime(int x){if(x==1)return 0;if(x==2)return 1;if(x%2==0)return 0;for(int i=3;i*i<=x;i++)if(x%i==0)return 0;return 1;}
bool iskaibun(string s){for(int i=0;i<s.size()/2;i++)if(s[i]!=s[s.size()-i-1])return 0;return 1;}
bool isnumber(char c){return ('0'<=c&&c<='9');}
bool isalpha(char c){return (isupper(c)||islower(c));}
void printvi(vector<int> v){rep(i,0,v.size()){if(i)cout<<" ";cout<<v[i];}cout<<endl;}
void printvil(vector<int> v){rep(i,0,v.size()){cout<<v[i]<<endl;}}
void printvvi(vector<vector<int>> v){
    rep(i,0,v.size()){
        rep(j,0,v[i].size()){
            if(j)cout<<" ";
            cout<<v[i][j];
        }
        cout<<endl;
    }
}
void printvstr(vector<string> v){
    rep(i,0,v.size()){
        cout<<v[i]<<endl;
    }
}

int gcd(int a,int b){
    if(a<b)swap(a,b);
    if(b==0)return a;
    else return gcd(b,a%b);
}

struct S{
    int y,x;
    int cost;
};


signed main (){
    int h,w;
    int dx[]={0,0,1,-1};
    int dy[]={-1,1,0,0};
    cin>>h>>w;
    vector<string> v(h);
    vector<vector<int>> ans(h,vector<int>(w,1e9)),looked(h,vector<int>(w,-1));
    queue<S> que;
    rep(i,0,h)cin>>v[i];
    rep(i,0,h){
        rep(j,0,w){
            if(v[i][j]=='#'){
                que.push(S{i,j,0});
                ans[i][j]=0;
                looked[i][j]='g'+'o'+'t'+'u'+'i'+'y'+'a'+'n';
            }
        }
    }
    while(!que.empty()){
        S now=que.front();
        que.pop();
        rep(k,0,4){
            int nx=now.x+dx[k];
            int ny=now.y+dy[k];
            if(0<=nx&&nx<w&&0<=ny&&ny<h){
                if(looked[ny][nx]==-1){
                    que.push(S{ny,nx,now.cost+1});
                    ans[ny][nx]=now.cost+1;
                    looked[ny][nx]='g'+'o'+'t'+'u'+'i'+'y'+'a'+'n';
                }
            }
        }
    }
    //printvvi(ans);
    int Ans=0;
    rep(i,0,h){
        rep(j,0,w){
            Ans=max(Ans,ans[i][j]);
        }
    }
    cout<<Ans<<endl;
    

    
}
/*
*/


Measured memory_bytes: 41140