import std.stdio, std.string, std.conv;
import std.range, std.algorithm, std.array, std.typecons, std.container;
import std.math, std.numeric, core.bitop;

enum inf3 = 1_001_001_001;
enum inf6 = 1_001_001_001_001_001_001L;
enum mod = 1_000_000_007L;

alias Cell = Tuple!(int, "i", int, "j");

int[] di = [1, -1, 0, 0];
int[] dj = [0, 0, 1, -1];

void main() {
    int h, w;
    scan(h, w);
    auto ban = iota(h).map!(i => readln.chomp).array;

    auto q = Queue!(Cell)(h * w);
    auto d = new int[][](h, w);
    fillAll(d, inf3);

    foreach (i ; 0 .. h) {
        foreach (j ; 0 .. w) {
            if (ban[i][j] == '#') {
                q.insert(Cell(i, j));
                d[i][j] = 0;
            }
        }
    }

    while (!q.empty) {
        int ci, cj;
        auto c = q.front;
        q.popFront();
        ci = c.i;
        cj = c.j;

        foreach (k ; 0 .. 4) {
            int ni = ci + di[k];
            int nj = cj + dj[k];

            if (ni < 0 || nj < 0 || ni >= h || nj >= w) continue;
            if (d[ni][nj] < inf3) continue;
            d[ni][nj] = d[ci][cj] + 1;
            q.insert(Cell(ni, nj));
        }
    }

    int ans;

    foreach (i ; 0 .. h) {
        foreach (j ; 0 .. w) {
            ans = max(ans, d[i][j]);
        }
    }

    writeln(ans);
}




struct Queue(T) {
    private {
        size_t cap, head, tail;
        T[] data;
    }

    this (size_t n) in {
        assert(n > 0, "The capacity of a queue must be a positive integer.");
    } body {
        cap = n + 1;
        data = new T[](cap);
    }

    void clear() {
        head = tail = 0;
    }

    bool empty() {
        return head == tail;
    }

    bool full() {
        return head == (tail + 1) % cap;
    }

    size_t length() {
        return head <= tail ? tail - head : cap - head + tail;
    }

    T front() in {
        assert(!empty, "The queue is empty.");
    } body {
        return data[head];
    }

    void removeFront() in {
        assert(!empty, "The queue is empty.");
    } body {
        (++head) %= cap;
    }

    alias popFront = removeFront;

    void insertBack(T x) in {
        assert(!full, "The queue is full.");
    } body {
        data[tail++] = x;
        tail %= cap;
    }

    alias insert = insertBack;

    T[] array() {
        return head <= tail ? data[head .. tail].dup : data[head .. $] ~ data[0 .. tail];
    }

    string toString() {
        import std.format : format;

        if (head <= tail) {
            return format("[%(%s, %)]", data[head .. tail]);
        }
        else {
            return format("[%(%s, %)", data[head .. $]) ~ format(", %(%s, %)]", data[0 .. tail]);
        }
    }
}





















int[][] readGraph(int n, int m, bool isUndirected = true, bool is1indexed = true) {
    auto adj = new int[][](n, 0);

    foreach (i; 0 .. m) {
        int u, v;
        scan(u, v);
        if (is1indexed) {
            u--, v--;
        }
        adj[u] ~= v;
        if (isUndirected) {
            adj[v] ~= u;
        }
    }

    return adj;
}

alias Edge = Tuple!(int, "to", int, "cost");

Edge[][] readWeightedGraph(int n, int m, bool isUndirected = true, bool is1indexed = true) {
    auto adj = new Edge[][](n, 0);

    foreach (i; 0 .. m) {
        int u, v, c;
        scan(u, v, c);
        if (is1indexed) {
            u--, v--;
        }
        adj[u] ~= Edge(v, c);
        if (isUndirected) {
            adj[v] ~= Edge(u, c);
        }
    }

    return adj;
}

void yes(bool b) {
    writeln(b ? "Yes" : "No");
}

void YES(bool b) {
    writeln(b ? "YES" : "NO");
}

T[] readArr(T)() {
    return readln.split.to!(T[]);
}

T[] readArrByLines(T)(int n) {
    return iota(n).map!(i => readln.chomp.to!T).array;
}

void scan(T...)(ref T args) {
    import std.stdio : readln;
    import std.algorithm : splitter;
    import std.conv : to;
    import std.range.primitives;

    auto line = readln().splitter();
    foreach (ref arg; args) {
        arg = line.front.to!(typeof(arg));
        line.popFront();
    }
    assert(line.empty);
}

void fillAll(R, T)(ref R arr, T value) {
    static if (is(typeof(arr[] = value))) {
        arr[] = value;
    }
    else {
        foreach (ref e; arr) {
            fillAll(e, value);
        }
    }
}

bool chmin(T, U...)(ref T x, U args) {
    bool isChanged;

    foreach (arg; args) {
        if (x > arg) {
            x = arg;
            isChanged = true;
        }
    }

    return isChanged;
}

bool chmax(T, U...)(ref T x, U args) {
    bool isChanged;

    foreach (arg; args) {
        if (x < arg) {
            x = arg;
            isChanged = true;
        }
    }

    return isChanged;
}
