from collections import deque

def solve(H, W, M):
    dmap = [[-1] * H for _ in range(0, W)]
    candidates = deque([])

    for h in range(0, H):
        for w in range(0, W):
            if M[h][w] == ".":
                dmap[h][w] = 0
                candidates.append((0, h, w))
            elif (h == 0 or h == H - 1 or w == 0 or w == W - 1) and M[h][w] == "#":
                dmap[h][w] = 1
                candidates.appendleft((1, h, w))

    max = 1
    count = 0
    while(len(candidates)):
        count += 1
        can = candidates.pop()
        d = can[0]
        h = can[1]
        w = can[2]

        for (xi, yi) in [(h-1, w-1),(h-1, w), (h-1, w+1),
                     (h , w - 1), (h, w + 1),
                     (h + 1, w - 1), (h + 1, w), (h + 1, w + 1)]:
            if xi > 0 and yi > 0 and xi < H and yi < W:
                if dmap[xi][yi] == -1:
                    dmap[xi][yi] = d + 1
                    max = d + 1
                    if (d + 1, xi, yi) not in candidates:
                        candidates.appendleft((d + 1, xi, yi))
    print(f"looped {count} times")
    return max

if __name__ == "__main__":
    H, W = tuple([int(c) for c in input().split(" ")])
    print(solve(H, W, [input() for _ in range(0, H)]))