using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
namespace Practice
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Solve();
        }
        private const int MOD = 1000000007;

        public struct Vec
        {
            public int y;
            public int x;

            public Vec(int y, int x)
            {
                this.x = x;
                this.y
                     = y;
            }
        }
        private static int h;
        private static int w;
        private static int[,] dist;
        private static Queue<Vec> q = new Queue<Vec>();
        static void Solve()
        {
            var hw = ReadAndParseIntArr();
             h = hw[0];
             w = hw[1];
            var a = new string[h];
            for(int i=0;i<h;++i)
            {
                a[i] = Console.ReadLine();
            }

            var done = new bool[h, w];
             dist = new int[h, w];

            for(int i=0;i<h;++i)
            {
                for(int j=0;j<w;++j)
                {
                    if (a[i][j] == '#')
                    {
                        q.Enqueue(new Vec(i, j));
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        dist[i, j] = -1;
                    }
                }
            }

            int d = 0;
            while(q.Count > 0)
            {
                d++;

                int total = q.Count;
                for(int i = 0;i<total;++i)
                {
                    var v = q.Dequeue();
                    Paint(d, v.y - 1, v.x);
                    Paint(d, v.y + 1, v.x);
                    Paint(d, v.y, v.x - 1);
                    Paint(d, v.y, v.x + 1);

                }
            }
            int ans = 0;
            for(int i=0;i<h;++i)
            {
                for(int j=0;j<w;++j)
                {
                    ans = Math.Max(ans, dist[i, j]);
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine(ans);
        }
        private static bool Paint(int d ,int y, int x)
        {
            if( x < 0 || w <= x || y < 0 || h <= y) { return false; }
            if( dist[y, x] >= 0) { return false; }
            dist[y, x] = d;
            q.Enqueue(new Vec(y, x));
            return true;
        }

        #region よく使う便利関数
        private static bool isPrime(long x)
        {
            if (x == 2) { return true; }
            if (x < 2 || x % 2 == 0) { return false; }
            long i = 3;
            while (i * i <= x)
            {
                if (x % i == 0) { return false; }
                i = i + 2;
            }
            return true;
        }
        private static long lcm(long x, long y)
        {
            return x / gcd(x, y) * y;
        }
        private static long gcd(long x, long y)
        {
            return y > 0 ? gcd(y, x % y) : x;
        }
        private static long pow(long x, long n)
        {
            if (n == 0) { return 1; }
            long res = pow(x * x % MOD, n / 2);
            if (n % 2 == 1)
            {
                res = res * x % MOD;
            }
            return res;
        }
        private static int ReadAndParseInt()
        {
            return int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        }
        private static int[] ReadAndParseIntArr()
        {
            return Array.ConvertAll(Console.ReadLine().Split(' '), int.Parse);
        }
        private static long ReadAndParseLong()
        {
            return long.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        }
        private static long[] ReadAndParseLongArr()
        {
            return Array.ConvertAll(Console.ReadLine().Split(' '), long.Parse);
        }

        private static void Swap<T>(ref T x, ref T y)
        {
            T t = x;
            x = y;
            y = t;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 指定した値以上の先頭のインデクスを返す
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">比較する値の型</typeparam>
        /// <param name="arr">対象の配列（※ソート済みであること）</param>
        /// <param name="start">開始インデクス [inclusive]</param>
        /// <param name="end">終了インデクス [exclusive]</param>
        /// <param name="value">検索する値</param>
        /// <param name="comparer">比較関数(インターフェイス)</param>
        /// <returns>指定した値以上の先頭のインデクス</returns>
        public static int LowerBound<T>(IReadOnlyList<T> arr, int start, int end, T value, IComparer<T> comparer)
        {
            int low = start;
            int high = end;
            int mid;
            while (low < high)
            {
                mid = ((high - low) >> 1) + low;
                if (comparer.Compare(arr[mid], value) < 0)
                    low = mid + 1;
                else
                    high = mid;
            }
            return low;
        }

        //引数省略のオーバーロード
        public static int LowerBound<T>(IReadOnlyList<T> arr, T value) where T : IComparable
        {
            return LowerBound(arr, 0, arr.Count, value, Comparer<T>.Default);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 指定した値より大きい先頭のインデクスを返す
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">比較する値の型</typeparam>
        /// <param name="arr">対象の配列（※ソート済みであること）</param>
        /// <param name="start">開始インデクス [inclusive]</param>
        /// <param name="end">終了インデクス [exclusive]</param>
        /// <param name="value">検索する値</param>
        /// <param name="comparer">比較関数(インターフェイス)</param>
        /// <returns>指定した値より大きい先頭のインデクス</returns>
        public static int UpperBound<T>(IReadOnlyList<T> arr, int start, int end, T value, IComparer<T> comparer)
        {
            int low = start;
            int high = end;
            int mid;
            while (low < high)
            {
                mid = ((high - low) >> 1) + low;
                if (comparer.Compare(arr[mid], value) <= 0)
                    low = mid + 1;
                else
                    high = mid;
            }
            return low;
        }

        //引数省略のオーバーロード
        public static int UpperBound<T>(IReadOnlyList<T> arr, T value)
        {
            return UpperBound(arr, 0, arr.Count, value, Comparer<T>.Default);
        }
        #endregion
    }

    public class DisjointSet
    {
        private int[] rank;
        private int[] p;
        private int[] size;
        public DisjointSet(int n)
        {
            rank = new int[n];
            p = new int[n];
            size = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
            {
                MakeSet(i);
            }
        }
        public void MakeSet(int x)
        {
            p[x] = x;
            rank[x] = 0;
            size[x] = 1;
        }
        public bool IsSame(int x, int y)
        {
            return FindSet(x) == FindSet(y);
        }
        public void Unite(int x, int y)
        {
            Link(FindSet(x), FindSet(y));
        }
        public void Link(int x, int y)
        {
            if (rank[x] > rank[y])
            {
                p[y] = x;
                size[x] += size[y];
                size[y] = 0;
            }
            else
            {
                p[x] = y;
                size[y] += size[x];
                size[x] = 0;
                if (rank[x] == rank[y])
                {
                    rank[y]++;
                }
            }
        }
        public int FindSet(int x)
        {
            if (x != p[x])
            {
                p[x] = FindSet(p[x]);
            }
            return p[x];
        }
        public int Size(int x)
        {
            int root = FindSet(x);
            return size[root];
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 36060