import scala.reflect.ClassTag

object Main extends App {
  val Array(h, w) = io.StdIn.readLine().split(' ').map(_.toInt)
  val field = Array.fill(h)(io.StdIn.readLine().toCharArray)
  val queue = new MyQueue[((Int, Int), Int)](h*w)
  for (j <- 0 until h; i <- 0 until w; if field(j)(i) == '#') queue.enqueue(((i, j), 0))
  var times = 0
  while(queue.nonEmpty) {
    val ((x, y), count) = queue.dequeue()
    for {
      p <- Seq((x,y-1), (x,y+1), (x-1,y), (x+1,y))
      if p._1 >= 0 && p._1 < w && p._2 >= 0 && p._2 < h
      if field(p._2)(p._1) == '.'
    } {
      field(p._2)(p._1) = '#'
      queue.enqueue((p, count+1))
    }
    if (times < count) times = count
  }
  println(times)
}

class MyQueue[T: ClassTag](size: Int) {
  var head = 0
  var tail = 0
  val data: Array[T] = new Array[T](size)
  def enqueue(e: T): Unit = {
    data(tail) = e
    tail += 1
  }
  def dequeue(): T = {
    val e = data(head)
    head += 1
    e
  }
  def isEmpty: Boolean = head >= tail
  def nonEmpty: Boolean = !isEmpty
}