using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;

class Program
{
    #region library
    static int n = 0;
    static int m = 0;
    static int r = 0;
    static int c = 0;
    static int x = 0;
    static int y = 0;
    static string s = "";
    static string[] ss;
    static long sum = 0;
    static long cnt = 0;
    static long max = -1;
    static long min = 2147483647;
    static bool flg = false;
    static bool flg2 = false;
    static string alpha = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
    static long[] arr;
    static char[,] map;
    static long[,] imap;
    public class Input
    {
        static readonly char[] separator = { ' ', '\r', '\n' };
        readonly StreamReader sr;
        readonly Queue<string> queue;

        public Input(string path = "")
        {
            queue = new Queue<string>();

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
            {
                sr = new StreamReader(Console.OpenStandardInput());
            }
            else
            {
                sr = new StreamReader(path);
            }
        }

        public void SetText(IEnumerable<string> items)
        {
            foreach (var item in items)
            {
                SetText(item);
            }
        }

        public bool SetText(string s)
        {
            if (s == null) return false;

            foreach (var elem in s.Trim()
                .Split(separator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
            {
                queue.Enqueue(elem);
            }

            return true;
        }

        public bool Any()
        {
            return queue.Any() || Read();
        }

        bool Read()
        {
            if (!SetText(sr.ReadLine())) return false;

            if (!queue.Any()) return Read();

            return queue.Any();
        }

        public string Next()
        {
            if (!queue.Any() && !Read())
            {
                return "";
            }

            return queue.Dequeue();
        }

        bool Accumulate(int n)
        {
            while (queue.Count() < n)
            {
                if (!Read()) return false;
            }

            return true;
        }

        public int NextInt()
        {
            return int.Parse(Next());
        }
        public long NextLong()
        {
            return long.Parse(Next());
        }
        public double NextDouble()
        {
            return double.Parse(Next());
        }

        T[] NextT<T>(int n, T offset, Func<string, T> parse, Func<T, T, T> add)
        {
            if (!Accumulate(n)) return null;

            var a = new T[n];

            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
                a[i] = add(parse(queue.Dequeue()), offset);

            return a;
        }

        public string[] Next(int n)
        {
            return NextT(n, "", x => x, (x, y) => x);
        }
        public int[] NextInt(int n, int offset = 0)
        {
            return NextT(n, offset, int.Parse, (x, y) => x + y);
        }
        public long[] NextLong(int n, long offset = 0)
        {
            return NextT(n, offset, long.Parse, (x, y) => x + y);
        }
        public double[] NextDouble(int n, double offset = 0.0)
        {
            return NextT(n, offset, double.Parse, (x, y) => x + y);
        }
    }
    static Input input;
    static int Int()
    {
        return input.NextInt();
    }
    static long Long()
    {
        return input.NextLong();
    }
    static double Double()
    {
        return input.NextDouble();
    }
    static string Text()
    {
        return input.Next();
    }
    static void wl(object obj = null)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(obj);
    }
    static void w(object obj)
    {
        Console.Write(obj);
    }
    static void Yes()
    {
        wl("YES");
    }
    static void No()
    {
        wl("NO");
    }
    static void Sum()
    {
        wl(sum);
    }
    static void Cnt()
    {
        wl(cnt);
    }
    static void SetArray(long num = -1)
    {
        if (n == 0)
        {
            n = Int();
        }
        arr = new long[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            if (num == -1)
                arr[i] = Int();
            else
                arr[i] = num;
        }
    }
    static void SetMap(char def = '@')
    {
        if (r == 0 && c == 0)
        {
            r = Int();
            c = Int();
        }
        map = new char[r, c];
        for (int i = 0; i < r; i++)
        {
            if (def == '@') s = Text();
            for (int j = 0; j < c; j++)
            {
                map[i, j] = (def == '@') ? s[j] : def;
            }
        }
    }
    static void SetIMap(long def = -1)
    {
        if (r == 0 && c == 0)
        {
            r = Int();
            c = Int();
        }
        imap = new long[r, c];
        for (int i = 0; i < r; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < c; j++)
            {
                imap[i, j] = (def == -1) ? Int() : def;
            }
        }
    }
    #endregion

    #region main
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var sw = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false };
        Console.SetOut(sw);
        input = new Input();
        Solve();
        Console.Out.Flush();
    }

    static Queue<int> qx;
    static Queue<int> qy;
    public static void Solve()
    {
        r = Int();
        c = Int();
        imap = new long[r, c];
        qx = new Queue<int>();
        qy = new Queue<int>();
        for (int i = 0; i < r; i++)
        {
            s = Text();
            for (int j = 0; j < c; j++)
            {
                if (s[j] == '#')
                {
                    imap[i, j] = 0;
                    qx.Enqueue(j);
                    qy.Enqueue(i);

                }
                else
                {
                    imap[i, j] = -1;
                }
            }
        }

        while (qx.Count() > 0)
        {
            int j = qx.Dequeue();
            int i = qy.Dequeue();
            f(i, j);
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < r; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < c; j++)
            {
                max = Math.Max(max, imap[i, j]);
            }
        }

        wl(max);
    }

    static void f(int i, int j)
    {
        if (i > 0 && imap[i - 1, j] == -1)
        {
            imap[i - 1, j] = imap[i, j] + 1;
            qx.Enqueue(j);
            qy.Enqueue(i-1);
        }
        if (j > 0 && imap[i, j - 1] == -1)
        {
            imap[i, j - 1] = imap[i, j] + 1;
            qx.Enqueue(j-1);
            qy.Enqueue(i);
        }
        if (i + 1 < r && imap[i + 1, j] == -1)
        {
            imap[i + 1, j] = imap[i, j] + 1;
            qx.Enqueue(j);
            qy.Enqueue(i+1);
        }
        if (j + 1 < c && imap[i, j + 1] == -1)
        {
            imap[i, j + 1] = imap[i, j] + 1;
            qx.Enqueue(j+1);
            qy.Enqueue(i);
        }
    }

    #region priorityqueue
    public class PriorityQueue<T> where T : IComparable
    {
        private IComparer<T> _comparer = null;
        private int _type = 0;

        private T[] _heap;
        private long _sz = 0;

        private long _count = 0;

        public PriorityQueue(long maxSize, IComparer<T> comparer)
        {
            _heap = new T[maxSize];
            _comparer = comparer;
        }

        public PriorityQueue(long maxSize, int type = 0)
        {
            _heap = new T[maxSize];
            _type = type;
        }

        private int Compare(T x, T y)
        {
            if (_comparer != null) return _comparer.Compare(x, y);
            return _type == 0 ? x.CompareTo(y) : y.CompareTo(x);
        }

        public void Push(T x)
        {
            _count++;

            var i = _sz++;

            while (i > 0)
            {
                var p = (i - 1) / 2;

                if (Compare(_heap[p], x) <= 0) break;

                _heap[i] = _heap[p];
                i = p;
            }

            _heap[i] = x;
        }

        public T Pop()
        {
            _count--;

            T ret = _heap[0];
            T x = _heap[--_sz];

            int i = 0;
            while (i * 2 + 1 < _sz)
            {
                int a = i * 2 + 1;
                int b = i * 2 + 2;

                if (b < _sz && Compare(_heap[b], _heap[a]) < 0) a = b;

                if (Compare(_heap[a], x) >= 0) break;

                _heap[i] = _heap[a];
                i = a;
            }

            _heap[i] = x;

            return ret;
        }

        public long Count()
        {
            return _count;
        }

        public T Peek()
        {
            return _heap[0];
        }

        public bool Contains(T x)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < _sz; i++) if (x.Equals(_heap[i])) return true;
            return false;
        }

        public void Clear()
        {
            while (this.Count() > 0) this.Pop();
        }

        public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator()
        {
            var ret = new List<T>();

            while (this.Count() > 0)
            {
                ret.Add(this.Pop());
            }

            foreach (var r in ret)
            {
                this.Push(r);
                yield return r;
            }
        }

        public T[] ToArray()
        {
            T[] array = new T[_sz];
            int i = 0;

            foreach (var r in this)
            {
                array[i++] = r;
            }

            return array;
        }
    }

    class myCompare : IComparer<long>
    {
        public int Compare(long x, long y)
        {
            //昇順
            if (x > y)
            {
                return 1;
            }
            else if (x < y)
            {
                return -1;
            }
            else
            {
                return 0;
            }
        }
    }
    #endregion

    


    #endregion
}


Measured memory_bytes: 34952